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SHRI DEV KUMAR JAIN
ORITENTAL
RESEARCH INSTITUE, ARRAH
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Surveying, Cataloguing and Digitisation of Jain Manuscripts
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| Profile |
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The “Jain Sidhanta Bhawan” better known as the “Central Jain
Oriental Library, Arrah” was found in 1903 by L.Sri Devakumar Jain, a great
scholar and philanthropist. The inspiration for such an institution came to him
while he was on a long pilgrimage to the sacred shrines of South India.
He had the occasion of
viewing the collections of valuable manuscripts at several places and was moved
to see their ill fate facing gradual destruction due to the ravages of time. He
brought several manuscripts with himself while got others copied. He
established a trust to finance and administer the affairs of the institution.
His son, Shri Nirmal Kumar Jain was a very dynamic person and the library took
great strides under his intelligent stewardship. In 1926, Saraswati Bhawan was
constructed to house the library.
Features of the library:
The library has a valuable collection of manuscripts from all over the world.
There are 3179 palm leaf manuscripts, 3500 paper manuscripts which are atleast
five hundred years old.
Besides the manuscripts, the library has 9000 published books on religion,
philosophy, history, and literature in nearly all the Indian and some foreign
languages.
There is also a collection of old paintings, pieces of art and old coins. Most
conspicuous among these collections are the illustrated “ Jain Ramayan” and the
“Bhaktamar”. There are nearly two hundred paintings in Jain Ramayan alone in
excellent Mogal and Rajput styles.
Among the paintings on mythological subjects, treatment of the sixteen dreams
of Chandragupta, the sixteen Tirthankar’s and Pawapuri temple are excellent
pieces of art
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| Survey
and Catalogue team |
| Sri Navin Kr. Pandey (B.A) |
Sarangpur, Distt.-Bhojpur |
| Sri Satish Kr. Dubey (B.A) |
Sarangpur, Distt.-Bhojpur |
| Sri Jitendra Kr. Pandey (B.A) |
Khangao, Distt.-Bhojpur |
| Sri Jai Shanker (B.Sc) |
Ratanpur, Distt.-Bhojpur |
| Smt. Sarika Jain (B.A) |
Arrah |
| Smt. Sunita Jain |
Arrah |
| Kumari Anjana Jain (B.A) |
Arrah |
| Smt. Kusum Jain (M.A) |
Arrah |
| Sri Ajay Sisodia (B.A) |
Pandri, Distt.-Pratapgarh(U.P) |
| Sri Satendra Pandey (B.A) |
Sarangpur, Distt.-Bhojpur |
| Sri Dhananjay Pandey (B.A) |
Sarangpur, Distt.-Bhojpur |
| Sri A.K.Sharma (B.A) |
Ratanpur, Distt.-Bhojpur |
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Sri Rajesh Kr. Pathak (B.A)
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Arrah |
| Sri Santosh Pandey (B.A) |
Ratanpur, Distt.-Bhojpur |
| Kumari Poonam Singh (B.A) |
Kolkata |
| Kumari Alka Prasad (B.A) |
Kolkata |
| Sri Durgeshwar Mishra (B.A) |
Arrah |
| Sri Ravi Shanker Upadhiyay |
Ratanpur, Distt.-Bhojpur |
| Sri Manoj Dubey |
Sarangpur, Distt.-Bhojpur |
| Sri Surendra Kr. Jain (B.A) |
Varanasi |
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| Catchment
Area |
Areas allotted:
States being covered :
Bihar
W. Bengal
Orissa
Assam
Jharkhand
Eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal
States being surveyed
Bihar
W. Bengal
Orissa
Assam
Jharkhand
Manipur
Eastern part of Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal
Mizoram
Nagaland
Meghalaya
No. of Institutes surveyed approximately:
352
No. of Institutes covered:
152
No. of manuscripts catalogued :
56,055
No. of Mss. Computerised : 56,410
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| Time
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Commencement of the Project:
1 April 2003
Time allotted:
18 months
Time extended:
6 months
Time target:
31 March 2005
Project Completion Date:
31 March 2005
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| Academic
Programmes |
The research scholars
working here have been awarded Ph. D and DLitt. degrees.
Presently, research scholars are working on Jain Sanskrit Anthology, ‘Doha’
Literature in Apabhramsha, the Jain poetry in Sanskrit and poet Rayadhu of the
Apabhramsba literature.
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| Publication |
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A research biannual journal “ The Jain Antiquary” is being published since 1953
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